Gulf News Desert Fun Drive 2011

Gulf News Desert Fun Drive is an annual event held in Dubai, UAE. This year the Gulf News Desert Fun Drive celebrated its 25th Anniversary, with the first drive taking place in 1986. The Gulf News Fun Drive 2011 held on the 14th January was a 220 kilometre day drive which took drivers over rolling dunes from The Sevens rugby venue to a campsite close to Al Ain.

The Gulf News Fun Drive is one of the biggest annual events organised by Gulf News and attracts dune drivers from as far as Japan and USA. More than 800 cars, including marshals (over 2500 participants) took part in the Gulf News Fun Drive 2011.

At the campsite in the evening participants were treated to food and entertainment with a large number of sponsors tents onsite, including Intersport who were a first time sponsor this year, selling the exclusive Intersport range of McKinley camping equipment and furniture.